half-heraldic

Updated: May 2, 2025

These groups, in purely classic taste, are not wanting in merit, and show in some parts good study of the nude; their pedestals are ornamented with medallions, whereon the Prussian eagle, half-real, half-heraldic, makes a fine appearance. Considered as a decoration, the whole is, in my opinion, somewhat too rich for the simplicity of the bridge, which opens midway to allow the passage of vessels.

Various - Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 : Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1